महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-164, verse-13

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु कुबेरो नरवाहनः ।
दर्शयामास मां राजँल्लक्ष्म्या परमया युतः ॥१३॥

13. etasminneva kāle tu kubero naravāhanaḥ ,
darśayāmāsa māṁ rājaँllakṣmyā paramayā yutaḥ.

13. etasmin eva kāle tu kuberaḥ naravāhanaḥ
darśayāmāsa mām rājan lakṣmyā paramayā yutaḥ

13. O King, at that very time, Kubera, whose vehicle is men, appeared before me, endowed with supreme splendor.

13. באותו זמן עצמו התגלה לפניי גם קוּבֵּרַה, הנישא על אדם, הו מלך, ועימו הדר עליון.

Words meanings summery:

• एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this (specific) (in this)

• एव (eva) - very (to emphasize 'at this time') (indeed, certainly, only, just)

• काले (kāle) - at the time (at time, in time)

• तु (tu) - indeed (as an emphatic particle) (but, indeed, yet, on the other hand)

• कुबेरः (kuberaḥ) - Kubera (the specific deity) (Kubera (god of wealth))

• नरवाहनः (naravāhanaḥ) - he who has men as his vehicle (an epithet of Kubera) (having man as a vehicle)

• दर्शयामास (darśayāmāsa) - appeared before (me), showed himself to (me) (showed, made visible)

• माम् (mām) - me

• राजन् (rājan) - O king (vocative, addressing the narrator) (O king)

• लक्ष्म्या (lakṣmyā) - by (supreme) splendor (by splendor, by prosperity, by good fortune)

• परमया (paramayā) - by supreme (splendor) (by supreme, by highest)

• युतः (yutaḥ) - endowed (with) (joined, endowed, connected)

Words meanings and morphology

एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this (specific) (in this)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Qualifies 'kāle'.

एव (eva) - very (to emphasize 'at this time') (indeed, certainly, only, just)

(indeclinable)

काले (kāle) - at the time (at time, in time)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, black, death

तु (tu) - indeed (as an emphatic particle) (but, indeed, yet, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

कुबेरः (kuberaḥ) - Kubera (the specific deity) (Kubera (god of wealth))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kubera

kubera - Kubera (god of wealth, chief of yakṣas)

नरवाहनः (naravāhanaḥ) - he who has men as his vehicle (an epithet of Kubera) (having man as a vehicle)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of naravāhana

naravāhana - one whose vehicle is man

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nara+vāhana)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• vāhana – vehicle, carrying
  noun (neuter)
  From root √vah (to carry)
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Qualifies Kubera.

दर्शयामास (darśayāmāsa) - appeared before (me), showed himself to (me) (showed, made visible)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of darśayāmāsa

periphrastic perfect

Descriptive verb formed from root √dṛś (to see) with causative suffix -āpaya and auxiliary √as in perfect.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

राजन् (rājan) - O king (vocative, addressing the narrator) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

लक्ष्म्या (lakṣmyā) - by (supreme) splendor (by splendor, by prosperity, by good fortune)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of lakṣmī

lakṣmī - splendor, prosperity, wealth, good fortune, the goddess Lakṣmī

परमया (paramayā) - by supreme (splendor) (by supreme, by highest)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, utmost, excellent

Note: Qualifies 'lakṣmyā'.

युतः (yutaḥ) - endowed (with) (joined, endowed, connected)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yuta

yuta - joined, connected, endowed with, united

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root √yu (to join).

Root: yu (class 2)

Note: Refers to Kubera.

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